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TWO MORE GO FOR GOLD
January 12, 2012
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| 510 W 22nd St is joining good LEED company in Manhattan: Park Tower Group’s 535 Madison Avenue is the newest Class-A office building to get cert, earning LEED Gold-EB and the Energy Star label for being 30% more efficient than comparable buildings without the designation. What the owner did: implemented a full recycling program, installed low-flow water closets and urinals, launched a green cleaning program, installed a heat exchanger to reuse steam condensation, and is using a demand response load shedding program. |
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| Also achieving LEED Gold-EB: Reckson/SL Green’s 384k SF 360 Hamilton Ave in White Plains after improving recycling by 50%, energy use by 25%, and water consumption by 20%. Reckson/SL Green also bought renewable energy credits for 100% of the building’s annual energy use to support the development of off-site hydro, wind, and solar energy development in the US. |
